An Austrian Merit Cross "1849", 4Th Class, Third Period (1914-1918) Archive A 1934/35 WHW (Winter Aid

A 1934/35 WHW (Winter Aid of the German People/Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes) honourary badge of the “unnamed helpers” of Hannover/Braunschweig

Very light crazing evident in the white enamels on the right arm on the reverse of the Grand Cross Badge

Cloth version

Arthur Henry Francis Lynch was born in Edinburgh on 13 August 1830

32 mm x 850 mm

An Austrian Merit Cross "1849", 4Th Class, Third Period (1914-1918) Archive A 1934/35 WHW (Winter AidAustria; Silver with red enamels, five pointed star hallmarked and maker marked "WILM. KUNZ" (Wilhelm Kunz) on the ring, 36. 5 mm x 58 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, original triangular ribbon, repair evident in the red enamels on the bottom arm on both the obverse and reverse, also on the reverse of the right arm, very fine.